Prosecution of 2 young men for selling 2m long king cobras

On the afternoon of April 5, information from Phu Tho Provincial Police said that the Thanh Thuy District Police Department has just prosecuted the case and prosecuted the accused against Ly Van Hoan (born 1996, residing in Thuong commune). Nung) and Hoang Van Phuc (born 1997, residing in Trang Xa commune, both in Vo Nhai district, Thai Nguyen) for violating regulations on protecting rare and endangered animals.

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According to the police on the night of March 28, Thanh Thuy district police discovered that taxi license plate 20A-634.82 stopped along provincial road 317 in the city’s territory. Thanh Thuy town, Thanh Thuy district, has signs of suspicion of illegal transportation of wild animals.

The inspection process of Ly Van Hoan, a passenger in the car, voluntarily surrendering a live king cobra lasted about about 2m weighs 8kg.

The owner of the vehicle is Tran Q.H. (residing in Vo Nhai district, Thai Nguyen) claimed that Hoan hired him to transport him from Thai Nguyen to Phu Tho province. H. did not know that the customer was carrying a king cobra.

Hoan claimed that he was hired by Hoang Van Phuc to transport him. Transfer king cobra to customer for 2 3 million VND. This subject hired a taxi to go from Thai Nguyen to Phu Tho at an agreed price of 10,000 VND/km.

From the evidence collected, Thanh Thuy district police summoned Hoang Van Phuc to the police station to work. The subjects all admitted their violations.

The individual king cobra was handed over to the City Wildlife Rescue Center by the Thanh Thuy District Police Department. Hanoi takes care.